Elon Musk

The family adopted a motto: “Live dangerously—carefully.

This is how civilizations decline. They quit taking risks.

The only rules are the ones dictated by the laws of physics. Everything else is a recommendation.

Musk had a resistance to regulations. He did not like to play by other people’s rules.

A pattern was set: try new ideas and be willing to blow things up.

Never ask your troops to do something you’re not willing to do.

I thought about the things that will truly affect humanity,” he says. “I came up with three: the internet, sustainable energy, and space travel.

When you’ve had success for too long, you lose the desire to take risks.